• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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        It’s typically Alcohol specific, and usually when people are trying to quit. Alcohol and sugar utilize a similar dopamine pathway and alcohol metabolizes into sugar so it can develop into a parallel addiction and metabolic dependency.

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      Yeah that’s why one of my relatives had to switch to Diet Coke when starting AA

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      5 days ago

      Lots of alcohol plus 4lbs of sugar, ouch.

      Wouldn’t that also potentially mess up the kidneys as well?

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        In the long run I’m sure, but most kidney issues are a secondary symptom of cardio vascular disease and diabetes, really anything that elevates your blood pressure a bunch.